Chili Mac Recipe

I make this Chili Mac for dinner often, but it’s also great served to friends when watching football! Use my homemade chili seasoning mix, your favorite elbow macaroni, and hearty ground beef (or turkey, chicken, etc) to make this delicious comfort food meal!

Homemade Chili Mac

This chili mac recipe is one that my family loves, and truthfully I love it too. Why? Because it’s so fast and easy to make, saves me time from running around trying to figure out what I’m going to make for dinner, and it’s a budget-friendly ground beef meal.

I keep a big jar of my chili seasoning mix in the cabinet because we eat chili quite often around here. However you can certainly measure out the ingredients every time you want to make it, either way works!

Chili Mac is one of my go-to weeknight rescues, and it’s featured in my roundup of 30 fast ground beef dinners for busy nights alongside 29 more quick family favorites.

How to Serve Chili Mac

This is one of our favorite winter time meals. I often serve it with warm cornbread topped with a thin pat of butter and drizzled with honey. Yum! I would definitely recommend adding this to your must-make ground beef meals to feed a family!

For a little added color, especially if serving this to guests, sprinkle your chili mac with sliced green onions and shredded cheddar and mozzarella cheeses.

Ingredients for Chili Mac

For the Homemade Chili Seasoning

• 1 tbsp flour
• 2 tbsp dried minced onion
• 1 1/2 tsp chili powder
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp crushed red pepper
• 1/2 tsp dried minced garlic
• 1/2 tsp sugar
• 1/2 tsp ground cumin

For the Chili

• 1 pound ground beef
• 1 15-oz can dark red kidney beans, drained and rinsed
• 1 15-oz can diced tomatoes
• 1/4 cup water
• 3/4 cup elbow macaroni

Helpful Kitchen Tools

• Large skillet
• Cutting Board
• Measuring spoons and cups
• Chefs Knife

1. For the Chili Mac, mix together flour, dried minced onion, chili powder, salt, crushed red pepper, dried minced garlic, sugar and ground cumin.

1. Brown ground beef in a skillet. Drain off fat from ground beef and return beef to pan.
2. Add seasoning mixture, water, beans and tomatoes and stir to combine.

1. At this point, you can add in anything else that you want to personalize the recipe.
2. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
3. Prepare elbow macaroni per package directions. Drain and stir into chili.

I love a good comfort food. This Chili Mac recipe is definitely one of those! I hope you all enjoy! The noodles in this recipe pair perfectly with this 3 Bean Chili served up with some delicious Sweet Cornbread on the side! If you still need more ideas for ground beef, be sure to try my Salisbury Steaks. This version of Hamburger Casserole is served over egg noodles and makes a hearty dinner!

More Chili Recipes

• Chili and Cornbread Stuffed Peppers
• Make Your Own Homemade Chili Seasoning
• Chicken Chili with Black Beans & Corn
• Instant Pot Chili
• Crockpot Chili

Looking for more ground beef ideas? See our collection of 90 best ground beef recipes here.

This post was originally published on this blog on Nov 18, 2011.